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Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has said he is forming a new party to return to active politics in the next election scheduled for 2013 and take his country forward on a "correct" democratic path.

"Two hundred per cent, I will participate in the next election," Musharraf, who has been living outside Pakistan since April last year, told BBC.

Asked about his plans for the next elections in Pakistan, he said he would be "standing for a party that I'll create."

Musharraf said he would stand for a seat in the next Parliament and that he hopes to become either Prime Minister or President.

"I can't be sure of becoming President again but I believe there is a good chance of my winning," he said.

"I do intend creating a new party because I think a time has come in Pakistan when we need to introduce a new political culture, a culture which can take Pakistan forward on a correct democratic path and not an artificial, make-believe democratic path," he added.

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